IONUT GRECU 3rd Dan

I’ve started karate in Romania when I was 9 years old. I can still remember my Sensei (Vasile Popa) teaching us spinning techniques after he attended a seminar with Hitoshi Kasuya Sensei. I had the privilege to learn all aspects of karate through perseverance and hard work. I stopped when I was 18 when I started University and had a few attempts to come come back but didn’t last long.

In 2011, I moved to the UK and tried to join a couple of local clubs before I found Tomiko Mitsuoka Sensei’s dojo in February 2018. I knew from the first lesson that this is what I’m looking for from karate. The connection with traditional Japanese teaching was back but most importantly the passion for karate.